Archive for ‘September, 2016’

Elysian Valley | Tracy Stone A 45-year-old man was injured during an early morning shooting in the 100 block of Pecan Street in Boyle Heights. The suspect or suspects remain at large. Daily News Hospital test results say that students at Micheltorena Elementary in Silver Lake got sick after eating toxic mushrooms given to them […]

By CECILIA PADILLA-BRILL Bye-bye Barbarella – Maré is moving in, Eater LA reports. The dinner spot is taking over the space that Barbarella occupied for several years in Silver Lake, but on a much grander scale. Apparently, Barbarella and its side barbecue spot Charcoal went belly-up a few weeks ago. So far, details about Maré’s […]

A police officer in uniform.; Credit: Maya Sugarman/KPCC AirTalk We’re getting a first look at cell phone video released to the New York Times of the police-involved shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was shot by Scott’s wife, Rakeyia, who can be heard telling police that her husband does not have a gun […]

Here are events scheduled Saturday, Sept. 24, to Friday, Sept. 30. All events are free, so take a look — and don’t you dare say there’s nothing to do in Pasadena! Learn watercolor techniques from local artist Janell Mithani Saturday, Sept. 24, at 10:30 a.m. at Hill Avenue Branch Library, then paint a flower using […]

Here are events scheduled Saturday, Sept. 24, to Friday, Sept. 30. All events are free, so take a look — and don’t you dare say there’s nothing to do in Pasadena! Learn watercolor techniques from local artist Janell Mithani Saturday, Sept. 24, at 10:30 a.m. at Hill Avenue Branch Library, then paint a flower using […]

Here are events scheduled Saturday, Sept. 24, to Friday, Sept. 30. All events are free, so take a look — and don’t you dare say there’s nothing to do in Pasadena! Learn watercolor techniques from local artist Janell Mithani Saturday, Sept. 24, at 10:30 a.m. at Hill Avenue Branch Library, then paint a flower using […]

A brush fire burned more than six acres in the heart of Elysian Park this afternoon before it was knocked down by firefighters. The L.A. Fire Department deployed water dropping helicopters and about 100 firefighters to put out the blaze, which broke out at about noon below Angel’s Point near Stadium Way and Academy Road. It […]

A brush fire burned more than six acres in the heart of Elysian Park this afternoon before it was knocked down by firefighters. The L.A. Fire Department deployed water dropping helicopters and about 100 firefighters to put out the blaze, which broke out at about noon below Angel’s Point near Stadium Way and Academy Road. It […]

A pilot model of an Uber self-driving car drives down a street on September 13, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.; Credit: AFP/AFP/Getty Images On Wednesday, Councilman David Ryu introduced a motion in City Council that would make LA driverless car ready in 20 years. The proposal would clear the way for agencies and departments like the […]

Atwater Village | Viva La Maquina Josh Kun, a communications professor and author of Highland Park is one of this year’s winners of a $625,000 MacArthur “genius” grant. L.A. Times 4th District Councilman David Ryu wants the city to be ready to support self-driving vehicles by 2035. Council District 4 Drivers and driver-less vehicles will […]